Ourselves.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 74, 9 August 1912, Page 4

Ourselves.

FRIDAY AUGUST 9, 1912

g ur -j&g.er this week is altered iia shape to wlial-'s technically known as "news" size. * . Experiment and ha*ve > Eorivinced us that better results are thus to be obtained. The type will print clearer, the irregular folding -will 'be immaterial, and the cutting of the edges will be lessened. The demand has been keen for a "news" paper and an effort will be made to fill the want, without losing sight of the primary purposes of a working-class organ such as ours. Tho altered size is the accepted and best form for speedy publication and netvsy appearance. Besides, it means more matter. Undeniably, The Maoiuland Worker is the biggest weekly pen'orth issued in tibe Dominion. It is something to be proud on and to boast of. At present we mc giving :i bigger quantity of reading matter than ever before. Although the strike and lock-out havo necessarily hit its hard, and although the enemies doubtless expected financial responsibilities to end our career, the paper —like its owners —is putting up tho fight of its life, and given a continuance of the. exhilarating faith and support which have been 'behind it from the start, it can never die. "Whilst remodelling to suit tho needs of the times, The Maoiuland Worker will keep its eyes fastened upon tho fundamental and, if true to itself and its cause, will long last as inspirational, agitational and educational Voice of the insurgent people. If anyono ca'rcs to try and measure tho influences leavening the masses in New Zealand ho or she will probably bo startled by tho •evor*growing endorsement of the principles and ethics for which this paper stands. Tho militant mind, tho probing psychology, tho changing viewpoint and outlook —all tins is largely traooablo to the now movement represented in thri establishment and columns of this .paper. Lot the critic Lavo regard to tho facts and learn that anti-arbitiration and anti-militarism, with all tho altered attitude they connote, have generated and "Strengthened per medium of The Maokjland Worker. Socialism and Industrial Unionism —politically and industrially applied and interpreted—arc tho dominva forces in working-class ranks to-day in New Zealand largely because therehas been a 3laobh,and Worker. Its finest tribute is that all through Australasia, and also abroad, it is quoted and noted more than any other nowspapor in New Zealand. It is a monument to the earnest ness, self-swrilice, and pcri-cvorruieo of its owners. Its downfall would be a. national catastrophe, a class reproach. Tongue of tho emancipatory, guardian of the essential, it is stronger, surer,

and sounder than ever for Liberty, Equality, Fraternity—Freedom and Truth its soul and body. It cannot fail. Through it all tilings arc possible. Light and life comoUi.